Eagles vs. Chiefs Point Spread: NFL Week 2 Odds, Prediction
A rematch of last season’s Super Bowl highlights the NFL Week 2 schedule, as the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles visit the Kansas City Chiefs. The Eagles maintained their winning ways by eking out a narrow 24-20 win over Dallas last week on Thursday Night Football to improve to 13-1 in their past 14 contests. The Chiefs return to Arrowhead Stadium for Sunday afternoon’s home opener looking to rebound from last week’s 27-21 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in Brazil but are unbeaten in 13 straight on home turf since Christmas Day 2023.
The Eagles arrive in KC perched as slim 1-point favourites on the NFL Week 2 odds. The Chiefs sport strong-105 odds on the NFL moneyline and the total is listed at 47.
NFL Point Spread and Betting Analysis
The Eagles make the trip to Arrowhead aiming to extend their current overall win streak against the Chiefs to three games. Philadelphia stunned the Chiefs with a crushing 40-22 Super Bowl 59 win as 1-point underdogs and have also enjoyed surprising success in Kansas City, where they have won three of four, capped by a 21-17 victory two years ago. However, the Eagles have produced mixed results when facing the Chiefs as betting chalk, losing outright in three of their past five.
Recent meetings between these squads have tended toward high scoring, with the total topping 50 four times during a 6-2 run for the OVER. The Eagles have also seen lots of scoring on the road, with the total going OVER 50 in three of their past five away contests. However, the Chiefs have also regularly engaged in shootouts in September home dates, scoring an average of 30.3 points over their past 10.
Philadelphia Eagles
The Eagles came perilously close to seeing their Super Bowl banner raising spoiled by the Dallas Cowboys last week. The squad had to erase Cowboys leads on three occasions before halftime before sealing the victory with a third-quarter field goal and a stout defensive performance after recess. While Jalen Hurts was adequate while tossing for 152 yards and no scores, he combined with Saquon Barkley to spark a ground game that proved to be the difference. Hurts ran for 62 yards and two early TDs, while Barkley added 60 yards and a score. The Eagles pivot also enjoyed a big rushing day in Super Bowl 59, galloping for 72 yards and a score, and offers value on the NFL player props as a -118 bet to top 43.5 rushing yards. The bad news for the Eagles is a knee injury that has kept tight end Dallas Goebert out of practice.
Kansas City Chiefs
The Chiefs stumbled out of the gate in last week’s season opener, compiling just 28 total yards and driving into the red zone just once before finally breaking through with an 80-yard scoring drive shortly after the break. However, they simply had no answer for a Chargers attack led by a healthy Justin Herbert, who maintained their early edge with back-to-back 74-yard scoring drives to seal the win. Indeed, Herbert and the Chargers lit up the Chiefs for 394 total yards and created havoc for Patrick Mahomes, who mustered just two pass completions in the opening frame and connected on just one pass foe over 10 yards until the third quarter. Mahomes also had his hands full in last February’s Super Bowl, completing just 21 of 32 passes for 257 yards and three scores while also tossing two picks. This time around, look for the value in the -115 odds of throwing for UNDER 243.5 yards and the -115 odds of tossing OVER 0.5 interceptions. Now he’ll also be without Xavier Worthy for a lengthy stretch.
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